Blurry photos in slideshow mode only, when displaying on TV.

Hi,
I recently purchased the Apple AV cable for the iPhone (the composite version, not the component one). While initially put off by its $50 price tag, it has provided good value. My daughter uses it daily to watch Teletubbies, and the video quality is great for our standard definition TV.
This cable also lets you show photos on the TV. You can show them one at a time, or run a slideshow. My problem is that the photos are really blurry when running in slideshow mode. So blurry I won't use it.
When I view them one at a time, manually advancing each photo, they are sharp. The photos often appear blurry for a couple hundred milliseconds, but then "snap into focus." I am not sure what's going on with that, but it's fine.
The problem is, they don't automatically come into focus when a slideshow is running. Whatever that final "focus" step is, it doesn't appear to be happening. Silly, as the pause between pictures is at least 3 seconds (plenty of time to do whatever is done in the non-slideshow mode).
I don't think the cable is the problem: the very same photos are crystal clear when viewing them with the slideshow paused. I don't think the phone is the problem; my wife has an iPhone as well and the behavior is the same.
I have been hoping this would get fixed in some firmware update, but we're at version 1.4 and the trouble remains.
Has anyone experienced anything similar? Any workarounds?
Thanks!

For anyone else with this problem:
I just updated to the new firmware (2.0), and the issue is gone. Good work, Apple.

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